King James Version
2 Timothy 2:22 in the King James Version says “Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure...” — study this verse from 2 Timothy chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.”
2 Timothy 2:22 · KJV
But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.
If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.
Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.
And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, patient: or, forbearing
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Flee”
G5343to run away (literally or figuratively); by implication, to shun; by analogy, to vanish
“follow”
G1377compare the base of g1169 and g1249); to pursue (literally or figuratively); by implication, to persecute
“righteousness”
G1343equity (of character or act); specially (christian) justification
“faith”
G4102persuasion, i.e., credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of god or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon christ
“with”
G3326properly, denoting accompaniment; "amid" (local or causal); modified variously according to the case (genitive association, or accusative succession)
“them that call on”
G1941to entitle; by implication, to invoke (for aid, worship, testimony, decision, etc.)
“the Lord”
G2962supreme in authority, i.e., (as noun) controller; by implication, master (as a respectful title)
“out of”
G1537a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause literal or figurative; direct
“heart”
G2588the heart, i.e., (figuratively) the thoughts or feelings (mind); also (by analogy) the middle
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